Study of Using Plasma Welding techniques in A/C Parts Instead of Riveting

Abstract

This research aimed to study the plasma welding technology in aircraft structure instead of riveting, and prove that using plasma welding leads to noticeable reduction in aircraft weight, and offers better strength properties when compared with rivets. This research followed the analytical and experimental approaches to prove that the plasma welding has better strength properties than riveting. Two models of passengers’ compartment were fabricated once by fitting the skin to the frames by using rivets and other by using plasma welding and then the strength properties of two models were compared. It had been proved that the plasma welded model had much higher strength